on the road

idiom

1

: traveling especially in a car, truck, bus, etc.

We've been on the road since Tuesday.

Musicians often spend many months on the road.

2

of a vehicle : being used

You don't see too many of those cars on the road anymore.

3

: in good enough condition to be legally driven

It will cost $1,500 to get the car back on the road.

Examples of on the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Water depth - The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road. —Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025

The Vikings have a third and final preseason game Friday night on the road against the Tennessee Titans. —Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025

Markel said that while the ride has roots as an act of defiance aimed at asserting a place for bicycles on the road, the Orlando event morphed into a community gathering for all walks of life. —Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025

San Francisco will open the season on the road against the Seattle Seahawks on Sept. 7. —Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for on the road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed